02-02-2026, 04:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-02-2026, 04:24 PM by Brian Beuken.)
(01-28-2026, 10:36 AM)Brian Beuken Wrote: Bloody hell, what a fubar situation.. The new Mini PC turned out to be a total scam, an old/slow I3 pretending to be a modern fast, I9 with the slowest ssd ever (probably a flash drive) and modified windows to say it was an I9...but CPUZ and the BIOS and indeed the actual use of it proved it was useless.. Fortunately I got a refund and they don't want the unit back, so crap as it is, it will be usfule once I install a real M2 SSD on it... but grr.. So I have to buy from somewhere a bit more expensive and reputable and therein lies another tale.
In the last 10 days or so, I've now had 3 PC orders cancelled, when chased up its been a standard, out of stock, response... but what it really boils down to is the current RAM price explosion has meant the PC's advertised are now not possible at the prices listed, and they are waiting for the prices to come down and either stalling or cancelling orders.
So I am still currently without a machine capable of putting the video clips I have in place together and people are waiting for content I can't currently provide.
But I have checked the 1st set of projects on the book for Book 2 and wll put them online tomorrow, and work on the others over the weekend. I've tested them on my current systems and all seem to work, but I need to strip them back a bit so readers get to add content, not just see finished code.. So tomorow, Photoframe, Invaders steps 1 2 and 3 and Galaxians at the weekend. Bobs day to follow...
Apologies to all for the horrible delays I'm just waiting for a meteor to hit my house to provide a fitting final touch to these unmitigated disasters of a work flow.
yeah the weekend was a bust, my wife and I had our first taste of Thailand flu, (well it was first for me), we were reduced to bedridden sneezing, coughing wrecks. But I think I am over the worst and I have now got the new PC set up and ready to rock and roll.
And the 1st thing I did was check my projects, and Visual studio updated.........yes it broke.. fortunately not a big thing but some issues with time/chrono and const conrrectness being made stricter in the latest compiler... fixes have been made, testing is scheduled